Title: .cherry blossoms and war (do not mix)
Chapter 2: leaving…
Author's Note: Hey all readers tell me what you think… Is it too serious? Please dun flame me…sorry for taking so long to update, it's my exam period you see, I'm actually supposed to be studying bio now…I had a hard enough time writing this… plz plz plz plz REVIEW…
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'We are reporting to camp tomorrow, so prepare your things, sakura kinomoto.' Touya told his sister, before looking back down to his food again.
Looking up at his stone cold face, she stuttered, as she told Touya the news.
'Gomen onii-chan, I-I signed up as a soldier.' Sakura told Touya hesitantly. She knew she would have to tell Touya soon, that she signed up, not as a healer, but a soldier, and it was no use postponing the inevitable news any longer.
She saw him freeze. His chopsticks on the way to his mouth, suddenly stop in mid-air, as the tension in the room thickened. Sakura bit her lip, as she waited for touya's furious outburst.
It never came; he simply put the pair of chopsticks down on the table, and...
I was already bracing myself for the scolding-to-be, or rather tantrums-screams-havoc-and total annihilation of the tent- to-be. Yup, that would have described things more accurately.
But instead of it, I heard him say in a firm voice,
'so be it.' before walking away from the table.
As I looked at his silhouette, as he walked further and further away from the tent, I heaved a sigh of relief, at the unexpected outcome, but somehow, this quiet acceptance, made me more afraid, afraid of what his silence meant. Even more afraid of my rash decision to be a lone female soldier among males. But the hectic of the next few hours, erased all thoughts from my mind.
There was still so much to prepare, I had to make sure, I walked like a boy, talked like a boy, acted like a boy, and looked like a boy, well… that was the hard part, actually, I had to find something to bind her breasts, and cut her waist long auburn hair, which was the easier part but after that she secretly kept a lock of hair, in the heart shaped locket around her neck, a good luck charm that was given to her by her mother, when she was only a child.
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The day arrived all too quickly, with Touya still talking no more than necessary to me, and as I said, we arrived all too quickly at the camp.
My first impression was the smell, the second, the enormity of it all. There were all sorts of people there, and everything, though was so… diverse. From helmets scattering the floor, to javelins, swords, bows, tents pitched all over the place, though there was a pattern, but I had not yet learnt how to distinguish it, dogs, cats running amok, even children were slipping in and between the pitched tents.
With all that, came the noise, the hustle and bustle of everything, the screams shouts, laughter, and crude jokes of the soldiers. I was still wondering how they managed to gather so many people in one place, before touya's cold, disconcerting voice broke through my thoughts.
'You go that way trainee, all untrained soldiers sign up there, and you will train as the camp moves. Hopefully, you will be able to fight your first battle in a month, and not die before that.'
'Ano...touya' but when I turned around, Touya, had already disappeared into the huge crowds.
'Sayonara.' I whispered to the air, as Touya was nowhere to be seen anymore.
I headed in the direction Touya had pointed, nearly tripping over a cat, as I got there, I lined up patiently behind a group of untrained young men, some of who were joking and laughing, others looked pale, and nervous, while some others talked quietly amongst themselves. Though generally, there was a festive atmosphere.
'Ahh g-ggo-men n-nasai!' she heard someone stammer before my face hit dirt. Turning around, I saw some boy lying atop her, and started swearing at him for him to get off her. The boy immediately scrambled up, and apologized, looking flustered, the boy was blushing madly, looking behind him; she saw a group of guys smirking at the boy.
'You losers stay in a group, don't come and bother us, trainees, you're not even fit to wipe my boots.' One guy from the bunch stepped out, and sneered at the boy who had fallen down
'Now you'll think twice before messing with us, boy.' The boy was now looking up at them, with what you could call fear on his face. He was backing away rapidly, before he tripped and fell over a random dagger lying on the ground. This only caused the group of bullies, to burst into raucous laughter.
Suddenly, I felt nauseous the stress of acting like a boy, for the next few months, was settling down onto me, and dragging me down, and I realized what an extremely brainless idea it was. The sun was not only hot, the air was also so thick, and suffocating, that I felt a bit faint, and very very irritated, not to mention, it was that time of the month, and I obviously felt snappish, and pissed off. That was when I decided to do something incredibly stupid.
'period.'
Author's note: O wow! What exactly is the 'stupid thing', that sakura's doing, if you'd like to know…review! Yay 2 nd chapter is out. but i still Stays in a corner, sobbing and depressed, I only have 1 review…. Cries again, Please Review review review begs again with huge anime puppy-dog eyes
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